Boone man given 30 years in prison for sexual abuse

Tuesday

A Boone man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in 2017, was given 30 years in prison, according to the Boone County Attorney’s Office.

Eric John Slagle, 37, pleaded guilty to third-degree sexual abuse, lascivious acts with a child, and five counts of sexual exploitation of a child early last week.

According to court documents, the first incident happened in May 2017 when Slagle had forceful sexual intercourse with the victim. Slagle was later charged by the Boone Police Department in March for acts against a child and multiple counts of possession of child pornography. According to the Boone County Attorney’s Office, police searched Slagle’s home and seized his computers and phone, which showed multiple images of child pornography on it.

Documents show that Judge James Ellefson chose to give Slagle the maximum and run each of the sentences consecutively.